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Forum -- Admin, Rules, Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Bob at PMDX on May 27, 2016, 10:01:03 AM
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The Mach4Hobby plugin for the SmartBOB-USB family of controllers has been updated to version 0.41.205, released 26 May 2016. This plug-in requires Mach4 builds 2872 or higher. It has been tested with builds 28782 and 2914, and should work with later builds when released.
Full details of this release are HERE: http://www.pmdx.com/Downloads_/ReleaseNotes_Ver_0_38_188.html
(including detailed descriptions of new features related to encoders and spindle RPM measurement).
Download the plug-in here: http://www.pmdx.com/PMDX-SmartBOB-USB-Plug-In
New features since version 0.38.188:
- Requires Mach4 build 2872 or higher
- Supports encoders as MPGs and spindle RPM measurement on PMDX-410/422 (rev B or later) and PMDX-424 (all revisions)
- Added a sample PMDX-424 profile
- PMDX sample profiles now use the wx4 screen set (see the release notes for more information on screen sets)
- Added "Help" buttons on the plug-in configuration tabs for the encoder and spindle configuration
Bug fixes since version 0.38.188:
- Fix bug that caused USB buffer overflows and/or communication timeouts when sending GCode motion to the SmartBOB device.
- Fix bug that under certain conditions caused the direction signal to change too soon after a step pulse (known as a hold time violation), which in turn could cause the motor driver to move the motor in the wrong direction.
- SmartBOB plug-in configuration dialog now stores updated motor direction polarity when running in Mach4 Hobby build 2914 or higher.
- Fixed a bug relating to un-mapping multiple Mach4 input signals mapped to a single PMDX-SmartBOB pin.
Bob
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